The daily pioneer. [volume], October 24, 1903, Image 6

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CONDITIONS AT
CITY SCHOOLS
State Superintendent Finds
Them Far From Satis
factory.
SCHOOLSCAN'T KEEP PACE WITH
GROWTH OF CITV.
Every Department Overcrowded
and All the Teachers Are
Overworked.
Hon. George B. Aiton, of Min
neapolis, state high school super
intendent, was in Bemidji yester
day and visited the schools of
this city and #ives out some very
interesting information and opin
ions regarding the conditions
and requirements of the schools,
which have grown so rapidly in
the past year as to become a seri
ous problem.
Mr. Aiton is a veteran in edu
cational work. He has held his
present position for the past
eight years and has given his un
divided attention and unstinted
effoxt to securing better condi
tions in all the schools through
out the state. He has been an ex
ceptionally capable and able of
ficial and hisyears of practical ex
perience make him an especially
valuable man for the position
which he tills so acceptably.
Mr. Aiton spent yesterday
morning at the schools in this
city, and to state that he was sur
prised at the changed conditions
since his last visit here would be
stating the facts very mildly.
During the past year thedemands
and requirements of the schools
of the city have grown out of all
proportion to the available facili
ties, and with a large addition to
the school building nearing com
pletion, there is yet no relief in
sight and another school house
will no doubt have to be erected
within the coming year.
Mr. Aiton compliments the lo
cal teachers very highly. He
eays the standard of efficiency
represented 'is above the ordi
nary, but even from the most su
pertieial observation it is evident
that all the teachers are over
worked. This condition, ho says,
necessarily lowers the standard
of the work which the schools
are accomplishing. He finds ev
ery department overcrowded and
gives it as his personal opinion
that another school building is
already a pressing need. When
the new addition to the school
building is completed it will bo
filled the first dav, and as there
is apparently no lull in the race
that Bemidji is making toward
the ten thousand mark, ib is but
the question of a very short time
until the'present school facilities
will be totally inadequate to.meet
requirements. Mr. Aiton was
also surprised to find that the
superintendent is hearing six
recitations daily and has but 45
minutes each clay to give to the
general supervision of the school
work while it is in progress. He
states that at least one more
teacher is needed immediately
and also is on record to the effect
that unless prompt attention is
given to this matter, the Bemidji
high school cannot hope tosecure
state aid next year.
Mr. Aiton does riot hesitate to
say that Bemidji is growing
faster than any town in the state,
and says that of all his trips
around the country, none are
more enjoyable to him than those
that he makes to this section.
Mr. Aiton left at noon yesterday
for Minneapolis.
Ellis Discharged.
J. J. Ellis, formerly janitor at
the city schools, asks the Daily
Pioneer to correct a statement
recently made in this paper to
the effect that he had resigned
his position. Mr. Ellis did not
resign,,but was discharged.
Subscribe for the Pioneer.
WILL SHOW CAUSE
Retail Liquor Dealers Will Make
Formal Protest Against Raise
of Gaming Licenses.
The meeting of the Retail
Liquor Dealer's Association of
Bemidji which will be held at the
Red Men's hall tomorrow night
is expected to call out the full
strength of the membership and
was the subject of much discus
sion|this morning. The association
represents the bulk of the local
liquor dealers and is something
of a factor in more ways than
one.
Its meeting tomorrow it is an
nounced will draught resolutions
protesting against the proposed
raise on the licenses of the
gaming houses and will also ap
point a committee to meet with
the city council next Monday. A
well'known member of the as
sociation said today that the pro
test would be the most forcible
which the council will receive in
the matter and the raise as pro
posed is regarded as highly un
fair by every member of the as
sociation. The subject will be a
special order of business at the
meeting tomorrow afternoon.
LOOKS QUEER
Two Fires in Vicinity of Exchange
Hotel Give Rise to Talk About
Firebug.
There have been two tires in
the vicinity of theExchange hotel
in as many days and the business
men and property owners in that
vicinity have begun to wonder if
a firebug does not cherish a
grudge against somebody in
that vicinity. The first fire oc
curred Thursday night when the
bed clothing in a room at Dud
ley 's hotel was found to be on
fire and a serious conflagration
was narrowly averted. The
second occurred last night and
was responsible for an alarm
which was turned in about mid
night. Fire was discovered in
the woodshed in the rear of the
Exchange hotel. It had 4
origin in a corner of the building
but was extinguished before
any damage was done. The
police and management of the
hotel iucline to the opinion that
it was of incendiary origin.
A Big Undertaking.
Warfield Brothers yesterday
morning commenced unloading
the new dynamo for the electric
light plant from the car, and
have already discovered that
they are up against a bigger
proposition than they had antici
pated. The dynamo weighs 4,900
pounds, and the greater part of
yesterday was takem up in get
ting it a distance of about half a
block. It is a fine machine, and
is the largest manufactured any
where in the country.
Tenstrike Schools 0. K.
Tenstrike Tribune: Supt. of
Schools Dunwoody was up from
Bemidji last week and made our
schools a very pleasant visit.
Mr. Dunwoody expressed him
self surprised at the splendid
progress our school is making,
and our elegant school house
which was erected a year ago
comes in very handy at present.
There are -over eighty scholars
enrolled and the teachers are do
ing splendid work.
Overcoat Filched.
An overcoat was stolen from
the coat room of the Markham
hotel about ten ten o'clock last
night. The garment was the
property of Geo. LcBlenc, the
obliging day clerk, and the thief
must have passed Mr. LeBlenc
at the desk.
John Jonish is recovering nice
ly from a severe case of tpyhoid
fever at St. Anthony's hospital.
FOR SALE Buffalo overcoat.
C. C. Folkers.
UNJUSTIFIED
The Attack on the Washington
League Declared to Be With
out Foundation.
To the Public: Replying to an
open letter published several
days ago in the Pioneer from Dr.
Prettyman I wish to deny all the
statements of Pretty mar? in re
gard to the unsoundness of the
Washington League. No mem
bers have withdrawn from it ex
cept Prettyman himself. The
lodge is in excellent condition
and bids fair to become one of
the strongest in the state. The
order is organized under the law
of the state and is sound in every
respect.
M. E. (JARSON,
Local Secretary and
District Organizer.
Daily Pioneer want ads are a
success. Try them.
THE CHURCHES
Regular services will be con
ducted at the Baptist church to
morrow, both morning and even
ing. Rev. Brooinfield, the pastor,
who has been absent from the
city on a two weeks' vacation, re
turned "Friday night. Mr. Broom
field preached at the Burr Avenue
Baptist church in St. Paul last
Sunday morning and in the even
ing at the Union Mission. Be
fore returning to Bemidji he vis
ited his timber claim atPartridge.
Mr. Broomfield also attended the
Baptist State Convention at An
oka and returns from his trip
much refreshed.
The subject of the morning
service at the First Presbyterian
church tomorrow morning which
will be conducted by the pastor,
Rev. McLebd, will be "Worldli
ness and How toOvercome." The
subject of the evening sermon
will be''The World and Its Pleas
ures Pass Away." At the morn
ing service.it is |hoped to add
about twelve new niembers to
the church. The baptismal rite
will also be conferred.
o
The usual services will be con
ducted at St. Phillips Roman
Catholic church tomorrow morn
ing and evening by the Rev.
Father Murphy. The congrega
tion is fast outgrowing the
church and it will soon be found
necessary to sell the old building
and build a new one.
The Misses Smith and Millard
who conducted special meetings
at the First Presbyterian church
last week are meeting with grati
fying success at Blackduck this
week. Their meetings in this
city resulted in more than twenty
conversions.
0
An interesting feature of the
work of the Presbyterian church
is the Y. P. S. C. E., which has a
membership of about thirty and
is one of the most important aux
iliaries of the church. The at
tendance at its meetings is al
ways large.
The Young People's meeting at
the Baptist church will begin at
seven o'clock tomorrow evening.
At the morning services Rev.
Broomfield will have something
interesting to say of the work of
the state convention at Anoka.
o
The Baptist ladies had planned
to give a supper some time next
week but owing to difficulty in
securing a suitable place in the
down town district the date can
not yet be announced.
o
The ladies of the Catholic
church are planning for a fair.
The time has not yet been set,
but no effort will be spared to
make it the success that it should
be.
Rev. McLeod will leave the
first of the week for a business
trip to EibowLako,Grant county.
hoys in Keep.
Two small iy.s who under
took a rough and tumble fight on
the street were jailed by the
night officers shortly after sup
per last night. This action had
the desired effect, and they were
released in a short time. The
police will deal severely with dis
orderly boys just as if they were
men hereafter, end it behooves
them to be on their good be
haviour after this.
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